December 24, 1910

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Features

The Census of 1910, Is the United States or Germany the Second Naval Power?, and more

Engineering- December 24, 1910

Science- December 24, 1910

Electricity- December 24, 1910

Workmen's Molded Concrete Homes

By Frank C. Perkins

The Cooper Hewitt Light-Transforming Reflector

By Joseph B. Baker

The Inventor's Department- December 24, 1910

SIMPLE PATENT LAW; PATENT OFFICE NEWS; INVENTIONS NEW AND INTERESTING

Some Queer Poultry Inventions

HUMOR RECORDED IN PATENTS

The Trials of an Inventor, Legal Notes, and more

By Will B. Wilder

The New Mexico Range Caterpillar, New Paper Materials, and more

Departments

Letters

Correspondence- December 24, 1910

Departments

Index of Inventions- December 24, 1910

Notes and Queries- December 24, 1910

Recently Patented Inventions- December 24, 1910

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